PITTSBURG, Kan. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to start new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, including the Caney Residential Yards in Southeast Kansas, and to expedite over 100 other ongoing cleanups across the country. Historically, two smelters were located and operated in Caney, Kansas, in Montgomery County from approximately 1904 to 1922. The American Zinc, Lead and Smelting (AZLS) Company Smelter operated in Caney at the site of the current high school building.